The 14 Biggest Grammy Snubs in Music History
Records that lost on the night, and records the Academy never even nominated. Most of the winners are footnotes now.
1...And Justice for All
Metallica's 1988 album lost the first-ever Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Grammy to Jethro Tull, an upset that split the category in two the next year.
1000pts
2Kid A
Radiohead's 2000 album lost Album of the Year to Steely Dan's Two Against Nature.
840pts
3The Velvet Underground & Nico
The 1967 debut that shaped decades of alternative rock drew no Grammy nomination at all.
800pts
4good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar's 2012 debut lost Best Rap Album to Macklemore's The Heist.
800pts
5Nevermind
Nirvana's 1991 album lost Best Alternative Music Album to Tom Waits' Bone Machine.
692pts
6Purple Rain
Prince's 1984 blockbuster lost Album of the Year to Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down.
600pts
7Lemonade
Beyonce's 2016 album lost Album of the Year to Adele, who said on stage it should have won.
600pts
8Back to Black
Amy Winehouse's 2006 record lost Album of the Year to a Joni Mitchell covers album.
491pts
9The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem's 2000 album was the other Album of the Year favourite that Steely Dan beat.
491pts
10Illmatic
Nas's 1994 debut drew no Grammy nomination; his first win arrived 27 years later.
491pts
11Led Zeppelin IV
The band took no competitive Grammy while active; the 1971 album was not an Album of the Year nominee.
360pts
12Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix drew no competitive Grammy nomination in his lifetime for his 1968 double album.
360pts
13Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 debut won nothing, and he never took a competitive Grammy.
200pts
14Exodus
Bob Marley's 1977 album, later called a record of the century, was never nominated.
200pts
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